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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-10-08
AwarnInr 70 pu.tl,- ytearer.,

1have heard of new and sensible use
for the hustle that has developed SO alb
normally this season, says awriter in the
81 Paul Pionesr-P Press. A lady living in
6t Paul recently purchased . patent
hustle made Of rubber to be blown up any
size desirable, and had the dual capacity
OF giving shape to the dress, AS well as
being . cushion for sitting upon Last
Sunday the wearer Of this remarkable
article went to Bass Lake with q party Of
friends. While rowing on the lake the
boat was in some manner upset Other
members Of the party were safely res
cued, but the lady with the rubber at
tachment came near losing her life be-
cause Of the buoyancy Of the hustle,
which kept her head and feet under wa
ter. Dollars to dimes she will wear news
papers the next time she goes boat-rid-
ing.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-10-08
A Good Investment

is that which yields large returns from a
small outlay. Reader, the way is cleari No
speculation, no chance, big returns If you
are like most of mankind you have some
where wealmess-6cn't feel at all times
just as you'd like to-headacne to-day, back
ache tomorrow, down sick next week-all
because your blood is out Of order A small
outlay and what large returnsl You invest
In DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
and soon pure, fresh blood courses through
your veins, and you are another beingl
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NEW POULTRY BREEDS.
a shadow That u Eagerly Pursued
Many Chicken Fanciers.


A shadow That Is Eagerly Pursued by
Many Chicken Fanciers.
It is well established fact that new
and improved breeds can be formed If
the right course is followed. 1t has
been done, and very effectually as we
all know. The Brahmas and Plymouth
Rocks are both notable instances. But
even after breed has been successfully
established it can be greatly inn
proved upon by careful, judicious mat
ing, and many of the breeds we have
to-day are far superior to the descrip-
ton of them when they first came into
public notice.
A distinct separate breed is not. how
ever, as easy to form as many breeders
suppose. 1t is often the case that be-
ginners get an idea into their heads
that they can establish some new va
riety with but very little trouble, and
generally they are very DESTROYS of
having this honor. Cases have come
under my notice and observation, where
the beginner starts with glorious ex-
pectations and thinks he can form q
new and popular variety by expert
menting two or three years and cross
ing some of the breeds we now have,
but in most cases, instead of producing
any thing valuable and distinct, the
result is generally very mixed flock,
both in looks and reality.
have had long letters from just such
beginners who go into details and ex-
plain just what crosses they have made
and what kind Of chicks they succeeded
in getting, and they then want to know.
or get some idea of what the result
would be by crossing still another breed
with the mixture they already have.
The principal object in breeding is to
get some uniform color that is a little
different from any thing we may have.
and in most cases they do not pay any
particular attention to the useful quail
ties Of the fowls they use in mating
their hens, their highest aim being to
place some new colored breed on the
market with their name as the origin
ator.
Now, there has never been and can
never be any new breed established and
become useful and popular except
through long years of labor. expert
menting and watching the results OBJ
tanned by slow degrees during the care
full manipulations necessary to produce
the breed.
Now, it seems reasonable to me, and
think it would to any person who has
watched such experiments. that it would
be much better in the end. and more
profitable to these beginners. if they
would use their study and experiments
on the breeds we already have, and try
to improve them and bring them up to
q higher standard of excellence.
1t would be much better to give par
ticular attention to the utility or real
value of the stock, such as laying ca
pability, large size, etc, ETC., and only
select the best and mos; promising spec
linens as breeders. and in such cases
the result would be that the fowls would
reach much higher standard Of util-
ity, and it would be much better for all
concerned il this method of breeding
was followed carefully. rather than
trying to form some new breed of q diff
fcrcnt color. but having no particular
merit-Geo. r. MGrst0n, IN Western
PloUmGa
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A Great Legacy

to bequeath to your children, is q strong,
clean, pure constitution-better than wealth.
because it will never prove q curse You
can not give what you do not possess, but
mothers will find in DIR. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription wonderful help-correcting
oil weaknesses, bringing their systems into
perfect condition, so that their children, un-
tainted, shall rise up to call them blessedl
There IL not druggist in all the land
But always keeps stock on hand
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Living witnesses /,

Ask any one who has used DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Purgative Pellets as to their mer-
its. They will tell you that pimples, blotches
and eruptions disappear; that constipation
that breeder of disorders-is relieved that
the appetite is restored; that the whole sys-
tenn is renovated and regulated beyond any
conception by these little wonderworkers
Being purely vegetable, they are perfectly
harmless; being composed Of concentrated,
active ingredients, they are powerful
Purge and purify the system and disease
will be unknown. OF all druggists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-10-08
Little and Lively

In health, the kidneys enlarge, are partly
paralyzed, and finally dwindle in disease.
Whatever be the cause of their inactivity, it
is, If disregarded for any length Of time, the
precursor of their destruction. The requi-
site amount Of stimulus to arouse and keep
them active and healthy is afforded by Hos
letters Stomach Bitters. It is also benign
regulator Of the bowels and liver, super
tonic for the stomach, and checks malarial
disease and rheumatism
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NOT ALWAYS NECEssARY 10 SEE PATIENTS

By original system Of diagnosis
just successfully without personal
sulfati0n. While always glad
become acquainted with them show them institutions and
aiarxe them with system of treatment have
one person II 1--WE hundred whom we have cured The
most minute particulars in their several appears
Take for example, the telegraph the greatest
invention Of the Is il not marvellous degree OF accuracy
enables e10ctv ia sub
nearly three thousand miles long? Our venerable
weather thoroughly familiar with
hayward elements OF nature that be accurately
their He git in Washington and fore
weather will be Florida New York well
hundred miles did intervene between him and the
And In al departments OF modern ecence
what Il required b the knowledge OF certain
0-.. From these deduce
SEN$ F illusions of medi-
l cal science, diseases have certain unnltetakabe
DISEASE ana .s e
tenn of determining, with the greatest accuracy,
the Of chronic diseases without seeing and personally
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A BALLOON il like Q boom. It initiates
easily, rises very high, and nobody Is hurt
until it comes down, and then 1t wrecks
alike the just and the unjust Philadslphta
Call
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R. W. TANsILL & Co, Chicago:
Your "Tansilrs Punch" Sc cigar is b<
coming more popular every day. Ciga
drummers don't bother us any more.
HUGO ANDERSEN, Beaver, Pa.
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II WAS raped in slumber." said thu
tramp a. the policeman hit him with {
club
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-10-08

ONE reason why so few men are heroe
to their Wallets is because 30 few men hav
Wallets.
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A COMPLETE Toilet Service always il
cludes Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, Soc The bes
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WHEREIN are policeman and q rainbow
aiikei Both are tokens Of peace and usu-
ally appear after storm.
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LITTLE PHILoLoGrsr-ssFathe II COW
are catties, why are not calves kittles"-
Babvhood
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II the fuzzy caterpillar would only kno'
its place and keep II. society would /
much happier. Merchant Traveller.
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Ir afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isas
Thompson's EyeWater. Druggists sell it %
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WHEN q singers throat is raw you can't
expect her songs to be well done.-Pitts-
burgh Chronicle.
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A GOOD name and q bad character an
not common bedfetlowA
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TN last charge at Gettysburg was
made by the hotel -keepera - hiladelphia
lnq.i.r.
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"A LARGE head is sign Of brains, but q
pig head IL sign Of folly.-Phaadelphio
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DElIel1E |
DIsEisEs. |

To those acquainted With our
to say that the Invnlid9' Hotel {
branch establishment located ct !
England, have. for many years {
the most largely pefr0nized and
the world for The treatment md
arise from youthful indiscretinps
We, many years ago. eDfablienl
treatment Of these di0eoGee uud
the most skillful physicians and
that al who apply TO US might re-
Council Of the mos experienced
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THE best cough medicine is Piso's Cur
Tor Consumption. Sold everywhere. 25c
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A WISE man follows his nose; fool fol
lows his don't knows
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ALrAn-RATroxs-the viands provided for
. wedding supper.
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The station agent who attends 10 hi
duties with unhagging energies generally
gets bounced. Nerchant Trupslsr.
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Organic weakn
decline Of the !
loeaes, impaired I
OF WHl-p0Wcr. q
bred affections, Z
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A VERY narrow aperture--ths crack Of {
whip
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II ID a. natural to die a. to be born.
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IL all men were to pay as they 60. thcre
would be less going and moro paying
Lopeu Citixes
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WHEN girl is being courted she sets q
great deal by young nan.
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"TxKB. o take those lips away So
shs said; but she didn't mean II
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DISEASES Of
DIGESTION.

Affecting the liver and other
tons to the process OF digcS
infreQuontly mistaken BY bo'
maladies and treatment is en-
disease which does not exist.
Of the Digestive Organs viii
ten cents In postage stamps.
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II you speak what you will you shall
hear what you dislike.
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the m0xVelOU
through It. d
display certai
jecfed to eciI
and unmtgfak
Of the akillful
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Throat and Lung Diseases, which
viz: % A Treatise on Coneump
price, postpaid, ten cents. 90 A
diving new and successful treatI
Treatise on Chronic Nasal Ca
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WHAT is most likely to become awomani
A little girl.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-10-08

WHEN is iron the most ironicali When
It Is railing.
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BRIG HTS Disc 4
kindred maladiee, have /
and cures effected In thol
been pronounced beyond
readily diagnogf1 Gated, OF
analxafa If the llHina Mi
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EARLY seed raisers-the hens
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W q 0kv0 |
OrRanized, a
ment OF DIS
Qllfiug or
person, = gtv
0fe attention
whsr.h havA
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kinney
DISEASES.

don Of patients who con, q
success1ully treated at thei
practice Of chemical analysis and :
diagnosis, in which our institution
organs. Probably no other institut
largely patronized by suffers from Il
and world-famed Worlds Dispersal
specialists have acquired. through 4
great experiences in determining tn
and. hence, have been successful In
for the euro of each individual case.
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dAkD 70 peat-a oolteu egg.
A Poor-RuLs-s'Never wear shoes too
small for you"
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CAUTION.

made (which can only be ascertain
microecopical examination q tne
curative In one stage o. condition
In others. We have newer. there1orl
for general sale through druggistl
diseases, although possessing very {
well from an extensive exper1enCe
full course Is to carefully Determine
each case BY q chemical and micl
urine, and then adapt our medicine
eoDe and condition OF our patient.
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THR loudest wall on record-Jonaks.
A HoxzLr truth is better than splendid
error.
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constituted q leading brancl
and Surgical Institute, and.
inquiries for q complete wor
maiadies, written In . style
lished q large Illustrated q
sent to any address on rece1'
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Of iuexperienced physicians a
urinary nstule. and other CON
relief and cure. That no case
Gkill of our specialists b prov
frnted treaties on these malAdfe
intrugt this class Of caees to I
dangerous proceeding. Many
doinR. while thousands annual
treatment. Send particulars o
for . large. illustrated treaties
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INvALI IDS Hotel am SURGICAL INSTITUTE
Cos BUFFALO, NY
Not Hospital a pleasant Home organized with
A FULL STAFF OF EIGHTEEN PHYSICIANS AND SURGE



Il ::s: ;; s si ~ $s % ~ : 4 Il
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These delicate diseases
by q specialist thorough
who u competent to aeC
and stare OF af1yanCern<
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-05-19
Points For Dress-Ref0rmers.

The reform Of woman's dress appears
of almost equal Importance upon the plat
form and in the public press with a re-
form of the franchise by woman suffrage.
At late dress reform meeting in Lon
don presided over by Mrs. Oscar Wilde,
various forms oflCose oriental dress, with
accidental improvements, were recon-
mended.
1t might be well for these dress-reform-
ers, who would cast away every artificial
support and restraint for the female fig
ure, to remember that even Greek ma
iron when she became pOnderOus, "a eyeA
doubtless Homeric women did, used a
support of flexible wood and withes,
which was nothing more or less than a
very prin alive and ur uncomfortable corset.
The nymphs and goddessess to whom
women are advised to look to learn what
the natural figure is are all-save, per-
haps, our lady of Milo-under Is years Of
age. After that age, if divine youth had
ever extended beyond, even Greek god
dess must have enlarged her contours.
Certainly Attic mothers did, for embon-
point is the fate of southern women how
ever classic their features.
The dress reformers might also read
the testimony of Lady Hester Stanho pes
physician after years Of residence among
the houris of Syria. people imagine"
he wrote, shat the oriental woman is a
wreck at 35. On the contrary, she is in
quite as good condition as the woman of
her own age in Europe. The cause of her
older appearance is her manner Of dress,
which does not conceal the ravages of
time and child bearing on the figure. I
knew 3 lady at Damascus, mother Of seven
children, whom long looked upon as a
mere mass of shapeless h. Afterward
l met her in London, transformed by
European dress into figure which was
the envy of one sex, the admiration Of
the Art Age.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-05-19
Origin of the Great Fire.
Chicago Herald.

r. is positively known that the oOadag-
ration which destroyed Chicago origina-
ted in the one-and a-half-story barn of
Patrick O'Leary, at tbs rear and on the
east line OF the lot numbered Isl DeKo-
ven street The flames first burst from
the roof Of this barn, which had been
stored with hay the day before. These
flames were seen at the same time Ey two
witnesses-W William e. Lee, 1z5 feet dis
tant southwest at the northeast corner
Of Jefferson and DeKoyen streets, and by
Mary O'Rorke, who stood at tie north
west window OF her house, point sixty
feet southwest Of the burning barn.
There were in the barn six COWS, a calf,
horses and other animals, and birds of
various kinds. Tie only inmate of the
barn that did not perish was calf. It
woQld probably DO possible to follow the
history of the noted animal. The barn
was on an alley, and the O1earys lived in
the rear of cottage that fEonted on De-
Koyen. The front was occupied by Pat
rick McLaughlin. Mrs. OsLeary, large
and powerful built woman, ran a milk
business. She MIXED at 8 p. NJ, and was
naturally in bed at 8:45 D. m, when the
sre broke out. Milk sellers are probably
the first people out of bed in a city. The
Mc'Laughlin's that night celebrated the
arrival of relative from the old sod.
Their late hours would naturally annoy
the O'Leary's, Some troublemaker told
Mrs. O'Leary that her neighbors had gone
to the barn for the pur pose of getting
milk fog oyster soup. This Mrs. O'Leary
never believed. a broken lamp was said
to be found in the barn. The celebrity
that came to Mrs. O'Leary soured ma
ture which was bellicose at the best. The
injustice of attributing to her catastro-
phe in which she was a leading sufferer
hardened her heart against reporters.
There also fingered in her mind fear
that there might be something criminal
in the charge. Thirteen years later her
estimable son, PIGGY O'Leary, killed his
wife and sister in-Iaw, and went to prison
for it. This trouble turned the amazon
into fury. The last journalist who paid
Mother O'Leary visit barely escaped
alive. She now lives in shanty some
three miles south of DeKoven street.
The O'Leary cottage was not burned. 1t
was demolished in late years, and a sub
stantial two story brick house erected a.
the fatal No. 137. The Chicago Histori-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-05-19
Nearly Fremont and Lincoln =

There are very few who remember that
the republican ticket in 1856 came near
being Fremont and Lincoln. The Centu-
ry for May says: However picturesquely
Fremont for the moment doomed up as
the standard bearer of the republican
party, future historical interest ceaters
upon the second act of the Philadel-
phia convention. 1t shows how stra1ge-
ly to human wisdom vibrate tho deli
cately balanced scales of fate; or rath-
er how inscrutable yet how unerring
are the far-reaching processes of divine
providence. The principal candidates
having Been selected without contention
or delay, the convention proceeded to
nomination for vice-pIe sident. On she
first informal ballot William l.. Dayton,
of New Jersey, received 259 votes, and
Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, no; the
remaining votes being scattered among
thirteen other names. The dominating
thought of the convention being che
assertion of principle and not the pro
motion of men, there was no further
contest; and though Mr.. Dayton lad not
receive a majority support, his nomin-
alton was nevertheless at once made unan-
imous. Those who are familiar with she
eccentrieities of nominating conventions
when IN this listless and drifting mood
know how easily an opportune speech
from some eloquent delegate Or a
few adroitly- arranged delegation eau
cuses might have reversed shis
result; and Imagination might not
easily construct the possible changes in
history which a successful campaign of
the ticket in that form might have
wrought. What would have been the con-
sequences to America and humanity had
the rebellion, even then being vaguely
devised by southern Hotspurs, burst upon
the nation in the winter of 1856, with the
natioa's sword of commander chief In
the hand of the impulsive Fremont. and
Lincoln, inheriting the patient wariness
and cold blood of three generations of
pioneers and Indian fighters, welding
only the powerless gavel of vice presl-
dent? But the hour of destiny had not
yet struck"
The authors publish the following in
foo5-note:
Mr.. t. S. Van Dyke, son of one of the
delegates to Philadelphia, kindly writes
us: Nothing that Mr.. Lincoln has ever
written is more characteristic than the
following note from him to my father
Just after the convention-not for publ
cation, but merely as a private express
sion of his feelings to an old acquaint-
ance:
s'SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, June 81, 1856.-Hon.
John Van Dyke-My Dear Sir: Allow me
to thank you for your kind notice of me
in the Philadelphia convention.
when you meet Judge Hayton present
my respects, and tell him [ think nina
far better man than I for the position he
is in, and that shall support both him
and Col. Fremont most cordially. Pre-
sent my best respects to Mrs. v, and be-
lieve me, yours truly, A. LINCOLN"